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After defeating James Stevenson in Chicago in late April, North Bergen resident Roberto “La Amenaza” Garcia is not waiting around for his next big chance in the boxing world. The 35-year-old Garcia is climbing back into the ring next Saturday night at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, taking on undefeated Errol …

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The 2015 Hudson Reporter All-Area Baseball and Softball Teams represent the very best that Hudson County has to offer in both sports. Once again, the All-Area teams are packed with talented athletes who made their collective marks on diamonds all over the county – and beyond. The All-Area Baseball Team features eight players who make …

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The NJSIAA state baseball tournament is an unyielding soul. There are only a handful of teams that can end their season in victory. The rest have to head into the summer months off a loss. For three local teams, the loss came in a championship game. Union City fell to Randolph last Friday on the …

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There was another local team that played for a state sectional championship this week, but it was the Hudson Catholic softball team, which lost to Immaculate Conception of Lodi, 5-1, in the NJSIAA Non-Public B North championship game Wednesday. However, this was a breakthrough season for the Hawks, reaching a state sectional title game in …

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The Hudson County Track Coaches Association championships were all set to be held in mid-May, a meet that Carleisha Forteau was anticipating. “I worked hard for that meet for four years,” said Forteau, a Secaucus High School senior. “I was really looking forward to the competition in that meet.” Forteau mentioned Jeffania Cherry of Ferris …

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They are separated by only a few blocks in northern Hudson County. In fact, the two municipalities border each other along Park Avenue, as Union City head baseball coach Chipper Benway is quick to point out. “One kid lives on the one side of the street and he goes to Union City,” Benway said. “The …

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Icies Hammer was sticking to her initial thought no matter what. All throughout her basketball playing career at North Bergen, Hammer believed that she was an NCAA Division I player, even if no school had given her an offer. “It was my dream and it’s what I believed in,” Hammer said. Even veteran head coach …

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Individually, Rafael Hernandez and Kelvin Almonte are gifted track and field athletes from Memorial High School. Together, Hernandez and Almonte form a lethal combination that helped the Tigers win the Hudson County Track Coaches Association championship and a third place finish in last week’s NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group IV championships. “It’s the greatest …

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A little before the high school baseball season was about to begin, Pat Laguerre had the scare of his young life. The St. Peter’s Prep head baseball coach suffered a heart attack. Those aren’t the kinds of things that happen to healthy men, athletic men who just began their fifth decade on the planet. Laguerre, …

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It’s a very little known fact, but one of the top American finishers in last month’s Boston Marathon is a resident of Hoboken. Will Appman, a 24-year-old consulting actuary, was 187th overall in the Boston Marathon out of more than 30,000 runners, crossing the finish line in 2:37.19. It was the fifth best time recorded …

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